Shoe and heel therefor



June 10, 1930. M. A. COMEAU SHOE AND HEEL THEREFOR Filed Jan. 51, 1929 fiwenlor: MZburnJL gomeau,

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Patented June 10, 1930 MELB'URN A. COMEAU, (2F H AVEB-HILL, MhSSACHUSETTS SHOE AND HEEL THEREFOR Application filed January 31,

The present invention relates to shoes and meansfor fitting wooden heels to the soles thereof, and has for its object the production of a heel provided with a recess in the upper end thereof which will accurately fit a specially prepared rear end of a solo so that there can be no lateral movement of the heel relatively to said sole while permitting slight end movement to properly position the heel on the sole.

This object is attained by constructions of heel and sole illustrated in the accompany ing drawings.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred form thereof illus trated in the drawings, this form having been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described. except as required bythe scope of the appended claims.

Of the drawings:

Figure '1 represents a partial vertical section of the rear end of a shoe and showing means for applying the heel thereto em- 30 bodying the present invention.

Figure 2 represents an inverted plan of same.

Figure 3 represents an inverted plan of the shoe before the outer sole has been trimmed and the heel applied thereto.

Figure 4 represents a similar View with V the sole trimmed ready to receive the heel.

Figure 5 represents a plan of the heel, and

Figure 6 represents a front elevation of said heel.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 is the upper of a shoe and 11 the outer sole thereof.

The rear end of said sole 11 has its side edges parallel as indicated at 12, said edges 12 being spaced a predetermined distance apart.

This rear'extension of the sole 11 has a 1929. Serial No. 336,600.

width slightly greater than shank portion of said sole.

The heel 13 to be applied to the shoe is provided with a depression 14 in the top thereof having parallel side Walls 15.

These side walls 15 are separated the same distance apart as are the edges 12 of the sole 11 and the distance from the front to rear of said depression 14, as is greater than the distance 7,- from the front of the edges 12 to the rear end of sole 11.

Preferably the upper end of the heel 13 provided with a life'of fiber board 16 making it possible to form the depression 14: therein without chipping the heel as Would often be the case when the depression 14 was formed in the top of a heel wholly composed of wood.

Owing to the dimension a being greater than the dimension 6 the heel 13 when applied to the sole 11 may be adjusted back and forth until the curvature 17 at the rear of heel 13 is in proper register with the curved rear end 18 of the upper.

W hen this adjustment has been made the heel may be secured to the outer sole 11 and the inner sole 19 and then the sock lining l9 is positioned over the upper ends of the securing devices 20, as indicated in Fig. 1..

By forming the sole 11 in the manner described no breast cuts are required and this is of great advantage as these breast cuts materially weaken the sole.

Moreover, where breast cuts in the outer sole 11 are used they must be at exactly the right point or the lines of the shoe will be spoiled.

If the breast cuts are too far forward in the outer sole there will be a gap between these cuts and the breast of the heel and obviously this would be very objectionable.

It will be noted that the forward end of the heel 13 is the full width of the outer sole 11 at this point and consequently the heel will prevent the sole from lifting when dry.

The outer surfaces of the heel at its upper end meets the forward edges 15 of depression 14: at acute angles as indicated at 21.

In other words, the side walls 15 of the that of the depression 1 1 and the outer side surfaces of the heel 13 in the same plane therewith meet to form sharp knife edges 21.

This makes it possible for the heel 18 to 1 cover the full width of the outer sole 11 with As the outer sole 11 covers the greater part of the heel seat as shown-in the drawings, the shoe is greatly reenforced for attaching the heel 13 thereto;

The surplus stock is removed from the heel end of the outer sole by. passing said heel end through a pair of properly gaged cutters or knives moved along the dotted lines 22 on Fig. 3.

This operation is part of the outer sole 11 has been secure performed after the fore d to the upper 10.

When this'surplus stock has been removed in this manner the parallel edges 12 left after the trimming will always register with the walls 15 of the depression 14 These walls15 preferably have a, slight curvatureas indicated at 23, on Fig. 6, thus causing a slight curvature of the heel portion of the outer sole 11 when positioned therein and greatly improving the shoe.

By providing the heel 13 with the fibre lift-16 the depression 14: can be formed more readily and there will be no Waste of heels.

By using the method outer sole can be fully trimmed, set, finished and polished to or about the center of the heel portion before tached to the shoe.

In other words, the finished heel may be attached to the shoe as the last operation 1n its manufacture as there are no breast cuts to fit and means is providedwhereby the heel may be moved back and forth along the 12 of the sole in order to position it on the sole in exactly the correct position to obtain the proper lines of the shoe. V The heel may be positionedso easily upon the shoe by this method of attaching that inexperienced and unskilled workers mayv erform the heel fitting operation. 7

This fitting can be accomplished easily, expeditiously and at small expense.

Moreover, this operation may be performed with the assurance that the heel will I always be accurately located on the shoe.

it is believed that the operation and many advantages of the invention will be understood without further description. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1.-In' a shoe, its upper end with awooden heel provided at a depression having the finished heel is atstraight parallel side Walls the front ends of which meet at acute angles the outer side surfaces of the upper end of said heel.

2. In a shoe, a heel provided at its upper end with parallel side Walls the front ends of which meet at acute angles the outer side surface of the heel in the same plane therewith and an outer sole provided with a rear. extension wider than the shank portion thereof and fitting said depression with parallel edges abutting said side Walls. I

Signed by me at 2% Washington St, Boston, Mass, this 24th day of January,

1 MELBUBN A. GOMEAU.

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